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From Adam to Us - Curriculum Package (J586)
From Adam to Us - Curriculum Package (J586)
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From Adam to Us by Ray and Charlene Notgrass is a one-year world history and literature course designed for students in grades five through eight. The daily lessons are written in a narrative style and richly illustrated with color photographs and maps. Primary sources, literature, and hands-on activities help the student connect with the history in a personal way.
The Curriculum Package includes:
-From Adam to Us Part 1: Creation to Cathedrals
-From Adam to Us Part 2: Castles to Computers
-Our Creative World
-From Adam to Us Map Book
-From Adam to Us Timeline Book
-Answer Key
This package does not include any review or test material or the recommended literature, so you may want the Student Workbook, Lesson Review, and Literature Package.
How It Works
All of the instructions for how to use the course are included in From Adam to Us Part 1 & Part 2 so you do not need a separate Teacher's Manual. The daily instructions are very easy to follow. Most children will be able to follow the instructions on their own. At the beginning of each weekly unit, an introductory page gives an overview of the unit, a list of the lessons, and a list of what additional books the student will be using while studying that particular unit. Following the unit introduction are five daily lessons, one to be read each day. While this course is designed for children in grades 5-8, younger children can listen to the lessons and participate in the family activities.
Most students will need 45-90 minutes to complete one lesson. Your child can read the daily lessons on his own or you can read the lessons aloud. The lessons are richly illustrated with color photographs, historic illustrations, and detailed maps. At the end of each lesson is a list of assignments. Students are not necessarily expected to complete all of these assignments. You may choose which ones you wish to assign. The types of assignments vary from day to day. They include:
~Reading assignments from Our Creative World
~Activities work in the Map Book
~Entries in the Timeline Book
~Assignments in the Student Workbook or Lesson Review
Thinking Biblically
~Vocabulary
~Creative writing
~Reading assignments in the recommended literature
One special family activity is assigned each week. Projects include arts and crafts, recipes, and games. Each activity is assigned with its related lesson, but you may do it any day of the week. You will need to plan for extra time on the day you do the family activity.
Types of Lessons
The curriculum has thirty chronological units of five lessons each. Each weekly unit has one lesson from each of five categories.
Our World Story: We use major events to provide a framework for understanding the chronology of world history. Examples include the Tower of Babel, the conquests of Alexander the Great, the early church, the invention of the printing press, and the fall of Communism in Europe.
God's Wonders: We explore the world's created wonders and show how they have influenced history and culture. These lessons include the Mediterranean Sea, the Indus Valley, the Potosi Silver Mine of the Andes, the Gobi Desert, and the Cape of Good Hope.
World Landmark: These lessons explore places that demonstrate the amazing abilities of people made in the image of God and their place in history, including the Pyramids of Egypt, the Great Wall of China, the Moai statues of Easter Island, Macchu Piccu, and modern skyscrapers.
World Biography: These lessons relate the life and times of some of history's most influential personalities including Ramses II, Judas Maccabeus, Johann Sebastian Bach, Queen Victoria, and C. S. Lewis.
Daily Life: We give an inside-view of everyday life from the beginning of history to modern times, exploring how new ideas and inventions make a difference for ordinary people. These lessons include early writing, Chinese porcelain production, the missionary work of Methodius and Cyril, the Industrial Revolution, and globalization.
The Books Used:
The From Adam to Us Curriculum Package includes the first six books listed below, enough for one child to complete the curriculum. If you are using the curriculum with more than one child, you can purchase additional consumable books, including the Map Book, Timeline Book, and either the Student Workbook or Lesson Review.
From Adam to Us Part 1: Creation to Cathedrals
This book has seventy-five lessons, designed to be completed in one semester, which begin in the week of Creation and continue through the time of the cathedrals of the Middle Ages.
From Adam to Us Part 2: Castles to Computers
This book has another seventy-five lessons, also designed to be completed in one semester, which explore history from the days of castles to modern times.
Our Creative World
This collection of historic documents from around the world includes short stories, poems, songs, letters, diary entries, and speeches. It also features images of art and architecture.
From Adam to Us Map Book
This collection of 43 maps was created especially to accompany this curriculum. At the end of many lessons, your student will do activities using the maps.
From Adam to Us Timeline Book
This timeline of history from Creation to the present is designed specifically to accompany this curriculum. After most lessons, your child will add one or more events to the timeline.
From Adam to Us Answer Key
This book has all of the answers needed for the assignments included at the end of the lessons, the activities and tests in the Student Workbook, and the questions and tests in the Lesson Review.
We offer these books as a supplement to the curriculum for parents who wish to have their student do workbook activities or answer questions after reading the lessons and take tests over the lessons and literature. We recommend that you choose either the Student Workbook or the Lesson Review, but your student can complete both if you prefer.
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-From Adam to Us - Student Workbook
This collection of crosswords, word searches, matching, and other handwork activities reviews and reinforces information learned in the daily lessons. It also includes literature review questions and unit tests.
-From Adam to Us - Lesson Review
This features daily lesson review questions, literature review questions, and unit tests.
The Literature
Ten works of literature are assigned in the From Adam to Us curriculum to give your child a richer perspective on the various time periods studied. The student usually has 2-3 weeks to read each book, with 1-2 chapters assigned each day.
From Adam to Us Literature
The Golden Goblet by Eloise McGraw (Units 3-5)
The Fables of Aesop by Joseph Jacobs, editor (Units 6-7)
The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare (Units 9-11)
A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park (Units 13-14)
Otto of the Silver Hand by Howard Pyle (Units 15-16)
The King's Fifth by Scott O'Dell (Units 18-21)
Madeleine Takes Command by Ethel C. Brill (Units 22-23)
The Switherby Pilgrims by Eleanor Spence (Units 24-25)
The Chestry Oak by Kate Seredy (Unit 26-28)
Children of the Storm by Natasha Vins (Units 29-30)
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